Moved Server: thumbnails not showing
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Last Post: June 17, 2010 (RSS)
By wevolutions - June 13, 2010
I moved my site over to a new server and everything transferred okay. My only issue is my uploads are not showing any thumbnails. I understand that my filePath needs to be edited. However, I have over 12,000 images and reuploading all of those is NOT possible right now.
What is the easiest way to edit my database table to show the correct file Path and thumb Path?
I really need to get this done as quickly as possible so any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you.
What is the easiest way to edit my database table to show the correct file Path and thumb Path?
I really need to get this done as quickly as possible so any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you.
Re: [WEVOLUTIONS] Moved Server: thumbnails not showing
By Jason - June 14, 2010
Hi,
What I would suggest is to create 2 backups (1 to edit, 1 to go back to in case something goes wrong).
Open one of the backup files in a text editor (Note: use something like notepad, not Word).
The backup file contains all of the SQL statements to create your database and fill it with values. Do a search through the file to find all of the file paths that your old server used and do a replace to replace them with the file paths of your new server.
Once this is done, you can save the backup file and do a restore in CMSB. This should change all of the file paths for thumbnails stored in your database.
Give this a try and let me know how you make out. Remember, you can always restore the second backup file if something goes wrong.
If you run into any trouble, please email me a copy of the backup file with the old and new server path you want to use to jason@interactivetools.com and I'll take a look.
Hope this helps.
What I would suggest is to create 2 backups (1 to edit, 1 to go back to in case something goes wrong).
Open one of the backup files in a text editor (Note: use something like notepad, not Word).
The backup file contains all of the SQL statements to create your database and fill it with values. Do a search through the file to find all of the file paths that your old server used and do a replace to replace them with the file paths of your new server.
Once this is done, you can save the backup file and do a restore in CMSB. This should change all of the file paths for thumbnails stored in your database.
Give this a try and let me know how you make out. Remember, you can always restore the second backup file if something goes wrong.
If you run into any trouble, please email me a copy of the backup file with the old and new server path you want to use to jason@interactivetools.com and I'll take a look.
Hope this helps.
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Re: [Jason] Moved Server: thumbnails not showing
By wevolutions - June 17, 2010
Hi Jason, thanks for responding. I actually saw this explained in another post before I saw your reply. I just want to let you know that I got everything going and so far so good.
Excellent product and support guys, keep up the good work.
Excellent product and support guys, keep up the good work.